Alan Arkin
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JULIE CHEN If I'm asking people to give me two hours of their time, it's because I really feel like the... ELIZABETH MARVEL RAY CHARLES When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's s... BILL SKARSGARD JONAH HILL I feel like I'm just doing a job. It's amazing to think that you affect other peoples' l... KIP PARDUE The social media bit is really about documenting process. I like the dialogue if it's constructi... TOYIN ODUTOLA RACHEL CORRIE I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange - so I really like characters who ... MISSI PYLE What I try to get beyond is playing music at people and, instead, to play music with people because ... AL JARREAU If I'm going to do something a little bit more adult, I'll do it if it's going to be on ... MELISSA JOAN HART CHANCE THE RAPPER KYLIE JENNER DEYTH BANGER XAVIER DOLAN GRAHAM NASH MATISYAHU I'm not a protocol fetishist. It's more important to me that people feel at ease when I'... WILLEM-ALEXANDER OF THE NETHERLANDS JULIE DELPY KRISTEN STEWART 'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. ... BARRY MANILOW SHIRLEY MANSON If I'm not working, I have home time with my family, and if I spend that stressing what's go... EWEN BREMNER If I have the power to post 'Happy Birthday' on someone's Facebook page and make them fe... REBECCA MADER JUAN FELIPE HERRERA DEREK JETER JOE JONAS SHAH RUKH KHAN I found that people like rules, and I love to tell people what to do. It's not rocket science wh... BOB HARPER BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH GEORGE CLOONEY There are days when I'm completely obsessed with Kate Bush, and there are days when I'm comp... CYNTHIA ERIVO MINDY KALING To me, I'm sort of like Dorothy in 'The Wiz.' It kind of parallels my life. It's a s... KENNY LEON TED ALLEN JIMMY FALLON JOHN HAWKES As much as I don't want to admit it, I really am a people pleaser. If I throw a party at my hous... RACHAEL HARRIS NANCY MARCHAND LINDSAY LOHAN DEMETRI MARTIN WHIT STILLMAN HELENA MATTSSON CARRIE UNDERWOOD CARRIE UNDERWOOD VIDYA BALAN I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in sch... SANFORD I. WEILL JAY-Z I think to try to understand human behavior and why people do what they do, and what in their lives ... HALEY BENNETT MIRANDA KERR DAVE GROHL BEVERLY SILLS JOYCE MEYER ZOOEY DESCHANEL J. COLE BRITNEY SPEARS I'm all in favor of people - myself included - going into the same territory if there's some... MICHAEL LEHMANN CAMILA CABELLO I feel like if you flip through my Instagram, you'll kind of see the same angles and poses every... HAILEY BALDWIN I've never had anyone just stick their hands through my hair. Yet. If they ask, I go, 'OK, y... CHARLIE WHITE I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with ... SAMUEL LARSEN MOBY I imagine if you're one of those genius people working on AI, the desire to find out what's ... EMILY BERRINGTON DAVID O. RUSSELL There are times when you come across somebody that's really impressive, someone that's got a... MICHELLE GOMEZ I tend to be a person who starts with the presumption that I should trust you until you abuse the pr... PENNY PRITZKER LAURA MVULA CALVIN JOHNSON KID CUDI DREW FULLER JOSH HARTNETT JERRY DELLA FEMINA TONY BENNETT RON HOWARD KEVIN NEALON It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limi... LOUIS GARREL DAVID CHIPPERFIELD I haven't been brought down because people are focused on who I'm dating, what I'm eatin... GARRETT CLAYTON BRYSON TILLER I enjoy the acting, but I didn't plan on that. It fell into my lap, and I'm having a lot of ... DAVID LABRAVA It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A... ADAM BALDWIN At first I was a bit indignant about it, and then I realised, 'No, that's what people want, ... JULIA ORMOND CLARENCE THOMAS ANNA KENDRICK That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ide... RACHEL TRUE People have mentioned, 'Maybe you should try to be more sexy. Look at how this butt stuff propel... KIESZA I post all the time anyway. It's part of who I am. There's me IRL. There's me URL. That&... PETRA COLLINS I've always been a fan of comedy. I've always enjoyed it. It's something I'm very pa... ROB RIGGLE I think that connection with humans is so important. Sometimes I'll do this monologue and talk t... CHET FAKER
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ADAM ARKIN I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble. ADAM ARKIN I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up. ADAM ARKIN First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important... ADAM ARKIN "ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear... ADAM ARKIN Because, you know what your hours are going to be and they also have periods of time off within the ... ADAM ARKIN The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a ... ADAM ARKIN It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too man... ADAM ARKIN I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fea... ADAM ARKIN I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up... ADAM ARKIN It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, ... ADAM ARKIN I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to 'ER' were maddening and... ADAM ARKIN I think everybody is very much on board, their time is committed and everyone's got their pencil out... ROBERT ARKIN This is Bill's last year (before retiring). He doesn't have to do this, but he recognizes we are not... ROBERT ARKIN Overachievers have a tremendous feeling of self-doubt about their abilities coupled with a strong ne... ROBERT ARKIN Andy, I think, just coming on board is starting to get his arms around the district finances and is ... ROBERT ARKIN This board takes the matter very, very seriously. We wanted to talk through the issues and deal with... ROBERT ARKIN I don't see eye to eye with her decision, but she's a judge. The game isn't over. STANLEY ARKIN We are happy this is all behind us. All throughout these negotiations, which resulted in a civil set... STANLEY ARKIN Often times, criminal complaints are a signal of some kind of deal in the offing. STANLEY ARKIN This is something where lawyers were all over it. STANLEY ARKIN To confront those fears, in a controlled environment, where there's 300 people around you going ... ADAM ARKIN Selling is simply the transfer of inthusiasm. ALAN ALAN WATTS I think most people have that crazy uncle they sit at Thanksgiving dinner with: someone they disagre... ALAN COLMES ALAN PERLIS ALAN STERN ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT ALAN BENNETT If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny. ALAN KING ALAN TURING ALAN TURING ALAN TURING ALAN TURING ALAN TURING ALAN WALKER Hitler's dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law. ALAN BULLOCK ALAN WATTS ALAN PERLIS ALAN KAY I'll work overtime to open the doors of opportunity to industry and commerce. ALAN AUTRY ALAN MOORE ALAN MOORE ALAN WATTS ALAN DERSHOWITZ ALAN DERSHOWITZ When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive. ALAN PATON ALAN GREENSPAN ALAN BALL Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. ALAN PARKER ALAN BALL ALAN GREENSPAN ALAN WATTS ALAN MOORE ALAN KAY If we don't re-charge the American Brand, all future challenges - economic, social and political... ALAN SIEGEL ALAN RICKMAN ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS ALAN WATTS Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in t... ALAN KEYES Arsenal paid a lot of money for him a few years ago but he found it difficult to claim a first-team ... ALAN CURBISHLEY It was a great night for us and a great achievement. Who knows what will happen in the next round. I... ALAN CURBISHLEY There has not really been a lot going on for Stephan, he has not had many saves to make. I want to h... ALAN CURBISHLEY There may be players wanting to leave, and obviously I have a surplus in the forward area, so this w... ALAN CURBISHLEY I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises. ALAN CUMMING Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over? ALAN CUMMING It's a sort of anti-Broadway musical. It's odd, disjointed and spiky. ALAN CUMMING Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're not told what... ALAN CUMMING It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves. ALAN CUMMING It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another. ALAN CUMMING When Brian went by me, I thought he was some guy that jumped on the course. ALAN CULPEPPER In Athens, I was running in long sleeves and pants in the summertime to acclimate as much as I could... ALAN CULPEPPER ALAN LIGHTMAN At this point, our office is going to prepare to go to trial again, ... We believe the jury will com... ALAN CURRY We haven't made a decision yet. I think there's several options open to us and that's something work... ALAN CURRY Andrea Yates knew precisely what she was doing, ... She knew that it was wrong. ALAN CURRY He has come here to gain experience, and nothing can happen until December anyway. I believe Gary Ne... ALAN CURBISHLEY I left some of the boys out completely to have a rest, ALAN CURBISHLEY We moved in straight away, and although he was publicly linked with other clubs, we were always conf... ALAN CURBISHLEY Danny is a player we have been tracking for some time, but he only became available last week, ALAN CURBISHLEY Claus had one year remaining on his contract and made it clear that he didn't wish to renew his deal... ALAN CURBISHLEY The player wanted to come to us and we are very pleased to welcome him. ALAN CURBISHLEY We don't believe isolated testimony on cross examination by one of our witnesses had such an impact ... ALAN CURRY We are hopeful that we can now finally place our complete focus upon going to trial. ALAN CURRY The case has already been reversed once, so we want to make sure we proceed correctly and appropriat... ALAN CURRY I would anticipate this case is going to have to be retried. ALAN CURRY It's just a matter of our blokes lifting their game. They haven't been playing to their usual standa... ALAN DAVIDSON We?re pleased with the vitality we're seeing in the UK market. Our company accounted for close to a ... ALAN CURTIS One can always hope, but I worry this will be a repeat of that experience. After the 1960 riots, the... ALAN CURTIS [Some found Bush's words reassuring. Others worried that they would not resonate far into the future... ALAN CURTIS But the major mistake is to take the census report as a one-year phenomenon. This is the fourth stra... ALAN CURTIS If anything, the numbers out of the Census Bureau underestimate the problem of poverty in America, ALAN CURTIS This is an unusual case, but the state has previously shown that the defendant knew that her conduct... ALAN CURRY It is kind-of the same issue, but they have added a couple of different elements to it, a couple of ... ALAN CURRY The case was reversed on appeal. She's gotten a new trial. She's gained the relief she's entitled to... ALAN CURRY He had a fool proof plan for not getting a job - In the event of an interview wear flip-flops. ALAN DAVIES I think a lot of people feel it would be a mistake. ALAN DAVIDSON Consumers need to be notified when and what location information is collected, ALAN DAVIDSON Consumers won't use systems they don't trust. Location services monitor movement and habits, somethi... ALAN DAVIDSON From a group that cares about civil liberties and cares about kids, this is the right answer. ALAN DAVIDSON This finding, if it's true, still doesn't change the basic argument we're having about the standards... ALAN DAVIDSON They admitted to making a huge mistake and they said they'd pay the money back, ... They showed some... ALAN DAVIDSON it was a mixed day for the Internet on Capital Hill. ALAN DAVIDSON We ought to build systems that encourage 911 location services but that are not just personal tracki... ALAN DAVIDSON I think there are huge land mines with wireless ahead. ALAN DAVIDSON It's been a long time coming. Thank God for this day. ALAN CROTZER Here I am trying to build a life and I have nothing to build it with. It's wrong, just wrong. ALAN CROTZER If you really want the truth, leave no stone unturned. ALAN CROTZER There ain't no compensation for what they done to me. But I'm not bitter. ALAN CROTZER Especially when it comes to sex offenses, history is a big predictor of the future, ALAN CROPSEY When he was in the United States Senate, he was noted as an intellectual powerhouse, ALAN CROPSEY Our rights are not given to us by society, ... My view is that our rights come from God. We start ou... ALAN CROPSEY He's a very formidable personality when it comes to Washington, D.C. ALAN CROPSEY When you have a chance to make plays and don't, you can almost be assured the final score will not f... ALAN CRAWFORD You must give Campbell credit. When we had runners in scoring position, they either made plays or th... ALAN CRAWFORD Look, we have that problem solved, because there are only three of them in the Olympics. We got 187 ... ALAN CULPEPPER The Olympic Games tends to be a little more of a coming together of all the nations, so it's differe... ALAN CULPEPPER Our sport needs spectator friendly and all the help it can get on that side. That adds to the allure... ALAN CULPEPPER There was a moment there when we were getting concerned, ALAN CULPEPPER Most countries around the world, they just don't think that way. They think, 'I'm just going to get ... ALAN CULPEPPER I feel like the bad conditions and the tough course is to my advantage, just because a lot of people... ALAN CULPEPPER Every time we tried to get going there was some factor -- weather, wind or turns. I think we all suf... ALAN CULPEPPER For Athens and Boston, I had really prepared for tough conditions, whereas here you can just prepare... ALAN CULPEPPER Basically I'm from the old school. We try to score one run an inning in any fashion. A lot of times ... ALAN CRAWFORD Our defense has been real inconsistent. We've got five weeks to fix it. Hopefully by district tourna... ALAN CRAWFORD They're nice kids to coach. They work hard. They hit their spots. They don't try to strike everybody... ALAN CRAWFORD I don't think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, b... ALAN CRANSTON I don't feel any need for redemption. I'm satisfied with what I did in the Senate. I don't look back... ALAN CRANSTON I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision... ALAN CRANSTON Unless you have a sense of values that's shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things ... ALAN CRANSTON
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